Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 13:06:38 -0400 (EDT)
From: Pierre H Minn
Subject: Hawai`i News -- 17 April 1996 [Wed] (fwd)
A little late, but....
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Subject: SENATORS TO LET SAME-SEX BATTLE PLAY OUT
A bill that would place the question of changing the state constitution to
ban same-sex marriages on November's general election ballot is right back
where it was just over a week ago. As a result, if there are enough votes in
the full senate, it can now be brought to the floor and passed. Senate
President Norman Mizuguchi had earlier referred the bill a second time, to
the senate Health Committee. The move, Senate Judiciary Chair Rey Graulty
said last week, was to make sure it would die with the end of the legislative
session on April 29. The additional referral was protested by senate minority
leader Michael Liu, who challenged Mizuguchi on Monday by saying his maneuver
violated the state constitution. Mizuguchi had overruled the challenge, and
Liu and another senator walked out in protest. Senate leaders yesterday
rescinded the second committee referral. Now, if nine senators vote to do so,
the bill can be pulled out of the Judiciary Committee. Then, it would take 17
votes for the full senate to pass it. Graulty said today that there's little
chance it will happen. "This bill just refuses to die," Graulty said. "We'll
just let the votes speak for themselves." Liu is confident that the bill has
a chance of passing. Other senators say they're frustrated to see their peers
expend so much time on just one issue. Liu insists the bill is an important
one, saying that it has national implications.
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